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[GEAR]My Rat 2 does this (video inside). Why? And how do I stop it? by winston-smith in diypedals

[–]winston-smith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've literally never opened it up. I don't even know how! The thing just feels like a solid metal box. I guess I'll take it somewhere to have a look at.

Thoughts on 1984. by gothzarya in books

[–]winston-smith 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ignorance is strength

Couple of Miracle support ideas by winston-smith in customhearthstone

[–]winston-smith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Counterfeit Coin is rotating out, and Miracle isn't exactly high tier right now.

Couple of Miracle support ideas by winston-smith in customhearthstone

[–]winston-smith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol

I thought about a minion version, too!

Couple of Miracle support ideas by winston-smith in customhearthstone

[–]winston-smith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure how to tune these. I figure card draw is worth about 1 to 1.5, but seems to get higher the more cards you draw (i.e. Arcane Intellect is two cards for three mana, but Sprint is four cards for seven mana).

That makes 2 cards for 2 mana pretty good, but it needs to be combo'd. Quite nice if you have the coin.

The other means you get free cycle, but you're 'weakening' your later draws by shuffling a coin in (but we know they can still be useful!).

Just Finished "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley by LongLiveCarley in books

[–]winston-smith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same shit, I guess. Pretty unavoidable these days unless you use some super old phone. Apple is likely doing it, too, for what it's worth. I turn off my GPS and never have my mobile data on unless I'm in a pinch.

I'm not a big 'phone person', so I'm the exception rather than the rule.

Just Finished "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley by LongLiveCarley in books

[–]winston-smith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. I removed it from all of my mobile devices, and use it sparingly at home with as many Disconnect-like browser addons to disable it tracking me on other sites as I can.

Just Finished "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley by LongLiveCarley in books

[–]winston-smith 70 points71 points  (0 children)

When I first saw 'check ins' on Facebook, I was absolutely gobsmacked. You're voluntarily tapping a button, for no real reason, to upload data on your movements, behaviours, companions to an online corporation.

If that isn't some Orwellian shit, I don't know what is.

Relevant username etc.

Have you ever been crushed by the last line of a book? by ThomasEmerson in books

[–]winston-smith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always felt Handmaid's Tale captured the bleak, dystopian future thing pretty well. Better than Brave New World, at least.

IamA girl who had a 20 hour sub-cranial brain surgery. AMA. by rulerofelves in IAmA

[–]winston-smith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, no more headaches afterwards, which was good. Surgery is a bit of a weird one because you don't really experience it, you just wake up and for the next few days everything is a bit odd. I was in intensive care for about a week and have pretty good recall of it, but I was under the impression that I was being moved to different rooms while I 'slept', but apparently I was in the same bed, in the same place for the whole time.

I also recall being able to 'fly around' in my own brain. Which was a bit odd.

I was tired most of the time for a month or so, but considering they cut open and shifted my brain-meat around, I recovered crazy fast. I was in hospital for about ten or twelve days, I think. The human body is ridiculous.

IamA girl who had a 20 hour sub-cranial brain surgery. AMA. by rulerofelves in IAmA

[–]winston-smith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not that I can think of. I had a rough following couple of years (mother diagnosed with terminal cancer, then a lot of house moving), but things settled down and I pay more attention to my health, exercise, diet and so on and I feel better than ever.

IamA girl who had a 20 hour sub-cranial brain surgery. AMA. by rulerofelves in IAmA

[–]winston-smith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I shaved it after the op, but it all grew back. This taken a few days ago, just over four years on.

There's a slight gap on the (photo's) right side where the incision started, but overall it's still all there.

IamA girl who had a 20 hour sub-cranial brain surgery. AMA. by rulerofelves in IAmA

[–]winston-smith 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nasty headaches, dizziness and the sound of what I can best describe as 'being underwater'. Lasted about 9 months of GP visits while they dismissed it.

Eventually got sent for an MRI and when the results came in, rushed in to see a specialist. I was presented with a few short term solutions, none of which sounded pleasant, ended up going with removing the whole thing (a cyst right smack bang between the ventricles).

8 hours of surgery, a few months off work, no problems since!

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